Secretly Liking Him - Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Three years had already passed, it truly was a bit distant, and Gu Xun really couldn’t think of why on earth his past self at that time wanted to treat his mathematics book this way.

Gu Xun shook his hand, and turned a few more pages of the book in his hand.

Good fellow, not only were there tortoises, but whatever Pikachu or Ultraman one could think of, basically all were there, fully demonstrating the factual point that Gu Xun possessed absolutely zero talent in fine arts…

Gazing over in one glance, basically all the zeros had been colored black by him, and there were also mathematical symbols ah, which had all been made by him to look like little expressions; it truly was so ni-ma (freaking) creative!

Gu Xun himself didn’t have the eyes to continue looking down along; he didn’t dare to look at the expression on Shen Yanzhi’s face, fearing that after finishing looking he would die of shame and indignation!

So in Grade One Junior High, he was just drawing these during class!

The expression on Gu Xun’s face changed several times, and when freezing it became particularly distorted…

Shen Yanzhi just watched his face wrinkle up like a bitter gourd, couldn’t resist laughing, and then drew the book away from Gu Xun’s hand.

Gu Xun followed the book and looked toward Shen Yanzhi, discovering that Shen Yanzhi was laughing.

In an instant, Gu Xun felt his own state of mind collapse, his cerebral blood vessels seeming as if they were all about to explode, ah ah ah ah! Being made a laughingstock of by A-Yan ah ah ah ah!!!

The result was Shen Yanzhi said with a smile: “Actually, I also did it this way before.”

Gu Xun blanked for a moment, feeling he had heard wrongly.

Shen Yanzhi’s textbooks, he had however witnessed them; keeping notes was entirely well-regulated, neat and beautiful, let alone random smearing and random drawing, he hadn’t even ever seen a single folded corner.

Seeing that he didn’t believe it, Shen Yanzhi took a pen, and on his own memo pad, with just a few strokes, rapidly drew a round-and-rolling little tortoise.

Gu Xun took a look at that little tortoise, feeling it was so cute, and then thought back to the one he himself drew… uh…

This probably was the reason why, when seeing the one he himself drew, he subconsciously shouted ‘tortoise’, while the one Shen Yanzhi drew was the relationship of a cute-cute little tortoise right…

Shen Yanzhi tore down that piece of memo paper which had the little tortoise drawn on it and gave it to him, saying with a smile: “But I all secretly drew them, fearing to be…”

His words paused for a moment, the smile meaning on his face also fading down a little bit, before continuing to say: “Fearing to be discovered.”

Gu Xun sharply caught this point of pausing; he felt within that pause point hid something, it was just that Shen Yanzhi didn’t speak of it, so he also didn’t dare to ask.

Gu Xun’s gaze dropped onto Shen Yanzhi’s face, wanting to see a tiny bit of clue from there, but it was so hard.

But he just could feel that, although still smiling, although the expression seemed as if having no difference from just now, he just knew that the current A-Yan was not as happy as just now.

Gu Xun lightly pulled Shen Yanzhi’s hand for a bit, saying in a small voice: “A-Yan, you draw a me for me to look.”

Shen Yanzhi looked toward him: “Draw you?”

Gu Xun bared his teeth and grinned a smile toward him: “Just this kind of sketch drawing, draw one for me, bei!”

Shen Yanzhi conversely knew how to draw, it was just that knowing was one matter, moving hands was again another matter: “I haven’t drawn for a person before.”

Gu Xun’s eyes were shiny and bright: “Then what do you normally draw?”

Shen Yanzhi thought for a bit, saying: “Animals, scenery, drawing casually.”

Gu Xun then even more wanted to let Shen Yanzhi draw him, urging with one continuous breath: “Come come come! Let me become your first time ah!”

Seeing his interest was high, Shen Yanzhi then also followed to have interest born; after carefully observing Gu Xun for a bit, Shen Yanzhi lowered his head and started drawing on the memo pad.

Gu Xun poked his head over to look, and just saw a round-and-rolling little person appear beneath Shen Yanzhi’s pen; the little person smiled very happily, even teeth were exposed out.

Gu Xun instantly felt it was very wondrous, because although that little person was simplified, yet conversely still could be recognized in one glance to be him, as if the essence and spirit were all drawn out within those few strokes.

He was just looking with absorbed spirit; after Shen Yanzhi finished drawing the little person, he then raised his eyes to look at Gu Xun, suddenly having a tiny bit of a prank mind.

Then Gu Xun, who originally was sighing with emotion that Shen Yanzhi drew him so vividly, saw that by the side of that cute-cute, mouth-splitting-and-smiling little person, there appeared a…

A tortoise…

Right!

Exactly the kind he drew on his mathematics textbook! Not cute at all!

Gu Xun instantly blew up, rushing over and wanting to choke Shen Yanzhi’s neck: “Ah ah ah ah ah!!!! I want to kill you!!!!”

The result was Shen Yanzhi’s movement was much more agile than his; his body flashed and dodged away, and also by the way raised his arm, locking Gu Xun’s shoulder from the side.

Gu Xun was given a fright, first because of Shen Yanzhi’s suddenly close action, second because his strength truly was so big!

Then Shen Yanzhi’s face pasted over, leaning on his shoulder and saying with a smile: “I was wrong, next time I won’t dare to.”

His eyes and brows were all smiled into curved crescents, revealing a rare kind of relaxation and joyfulness, his tone also close and natural.

Shen Yanzhi frequently smiled, but Gu Xun felt his smiles were more of a kind of politeness; even when happy, there would also be a kind of held-back sense of restraint.

But the current Shen Yanzhi, conversely smiled very relaxedly, as if all at once opening himself up in front of Gu Xun.

Gu Xun felt this person truly was too rule-breaking; how could there be someone who provoked another, and then immediately lowered his head to beg for forgiveness.

Still using this way to come and beg for forgiveness from him…

Looking at that face which was close at hand, Gu Xun wished he could move over and bite him one mouthful.

But Shen Yanzhi yet looked at him and smiled, saying in a small voice: “A-Xun, don’t be angry.”

Gu Xun then truly was not angry anymore; that tiny bit of small flame which had just burned up was blown to smoke-dispersing and cloud-vanishing by his one light sentence.

But Gu Xun still was not convinced, it couldn’t be like this ah! He couldn’t as soon as provoking someone just beg for forgiveness like this ah!

Gu Xun thinking this way, his head moved over and used his forehead to bump Shen Yanzhi’s forehead one blow; the force was a bit big, bumping until he himself also was quite pained.

Gu Xun after finishing bumping inhaled air with pain, then looked at Shen Yanzhi, discovering he was looking at himself a bit blankly, and instantly became joyful: “Didn’t think of it right! Haha! See if you still dare to!”

Shen Yanzhi truly couldn’t think that Gu Xun could find back his ground for himself this way, this method truly was…

Shen Yanzhi asked between crying and laughing: “You don’t hurt?”

Gu Xun: “…A bit.”

Shen Yanzhi then used his hand to rub his forehead: “How can there be someone like you.”

Gu Xun stared at him; these words clearly were what he himself thought about Shen Yanzhi in his heart just now ah! Why at this moment was it returned back!

But the hand on his forehead yet was cool-cool, making him feel very comfortable.

The pain was disappearing, Gu Xun didn’t resist, asking him: “Do you hurt or not ah… I also rub for you?”

Shen Yanzhi smiled and shook his head: “No need, I don’t hurt.”

Gu Xun then looked at him with disbelief, and then insisted on reaching out his hand to rub a rub for him.

Shen Yanzhi then also didn’t refuse, letting him rub.

Gu Xun rubbing and rubbing, became a bit shy; at this moment Shen Yanzhi’s chin was right at his shoulder, separating so close, and his arm was still draped on his other side’s shoulder.

This fundamentally was embracing him ah!

Gu Xun’s hand then shrank back, his whole person all being a bit not quite comfortable; Shen Yanzhi only took it as him feeling it was about enough, so said: “Satisfied?”

Gu Xun’s mouth emitted meaningless humming, he himself also not managing to clarify whether he was satisfied or not satisfied.

Shen Yanzhi seeing him like this, then released him, took the pen and again started drawing on another piece of memo paper.

Gu Xun carrying a tiny bit of small loss moved over to look at what he was drawing again, and then saw Shen Yanzhi drew another little person out, looking by appearance clearly to be himself.

Shen Yanzhi seeing him move over to look, then smiled and added a paintbrush into the hand of himself beneath the pen.

Then the two pieces of memo paper were pasted together; looking at them connectedly, the whole picture was just like that ugly tortoise was drawn out by Shen Yanzhi to make Gu Xun smile.

Shen Yanzhi asked him: “Is it right like this?”

Gu Xun looked at those two memo drawings, and again looked at Shen Yanzhi, inside his heart as if blooming one after another flower.

How could this person be so smart, so good, letting him… like him so much ah…

Gu Xun closed his eyes, wanting to press down that kind of emotion about to overflow a tiny bit, but the corners of his mouth yet couldn’t resist turning upward.

Gu Xun opened his eyes, looking toward Shen Yanzhi and asking in a small voice: “A-Yuan, have you specially learned drawing?”

He so wanted to know a bit more about his matters ah…

Shen Yanzhi shook his head: “I just like it very much.”

Then he focused his look on Gu Xun, within his eyes as if light rays were flashing: “I in the future want to learn this.”

Gu Xun toward the future still had never had any thoughts before; abruptly hearing Shen Yanzhi speak of what he wanted to be like in the future, he couldn’t help but be a bit blank: “The kind of testing into the Academy of Fine Arts?”

Shen Yanzhi tilted his head and carefully thought for a bit: “Wu, not necessarily, but definitely will draw out time to go learn, I like it very much.”

He connectedly twice said liked it very much, Gu Xun simply wished he could take a loudspeaker to come and add oil and pump up strength for him.

Gu Xun said particularly intensely: “You in the future definitely can become a great painter!”

After hearing it, Shen Yanzhi couldn’t resist smiling: “Actually, I conversely don’t want to become a painter.”

Gu Xun also felt that emotion of his just now was not quite right, blushing for a moment before saying: “Uh, anyway, just that meaning…”

Shen Yanzhi leaned on the chair, saying to Gu Xun: “Regarding what to do in the future, I haven’t thought well yet; the future’s possibilities are very many, probably only when truly arriving at the time, will the result be known.”

Gu Xun sat down leaning next to him: “I all haven’t thought about it yet…”

Shen Yanzhi then leaned toward his side, using his shoulder to bump him: “Then right now just happens to be able to start thinking.”

Gu Xun turned his face over to look at him, by his mouth there was a sentence, yet it couldn’t be spoken out.

Gu Xun thought, I think, think of having a future related to you.

Ultimately, this sentence was turned a corner by Gu Xun, carefully and cautiously wording it, yet still needing to pretend to say very naturally: “Wu, I think in the future separating classes or testing for universities, working or whatever, all being able to be together with you…”

Shen Yanzhi hadn’t expected to obtain such an answer; his gaze matched onto Gu Xun’s, seeing the fullness of seriousness within.

Shen Yanzhi felt his heartstring was touched for a moment, a kind of sour softness, the feeling extremely unfamiliar, letting him be unable to ignore it.

Gu Xun being looked at by him felt a bit hollow with fear; he also knew that himself saying wanting to study at one university with Shen Yanzhi like this seemed a bit not quite realistic…

But Gu Xun yet wanted to try one try; he said hesitantly: “I start exerting effort right now, it should be in time right? I feel my brain actually is quite smart…”

Shen Yanzhi asked him: “You just want to be together with me?”

Gu Xun: “Uh… otherwise?”

Gu Xun suddenly felt this answer seemed to have a bit of a problem, explaining in a hurry and flurry: “You are relatively smarter ah! The one you choose definitely is good ah! I also… don’t want to separate from you…”

Gu Xun’s voice gradually went low down, his head also following to droop down, feeling hollow with fear to the utmost.

Shen Yanzhi looked at him, for a long time only then saying: “Then you have to be even more hardworking for it to work.”

Gu Xun ho-ly raised his head to look at him, exactly crashing onto Shen Yanzhi’s line of sight.

The two people both did not speak, the air all seeming to become stagnant.

Finally, Shen Yanzhi first one step shifted away his gaze, lightly saying: “Must be very hardworking for it to be possible.”